Say what!?
Saeed bowling? that in the World Cup!?? That too against Naimbia!?? (oh wait nevermind that part)
But what interests me, is the fact that Saeed wasn't selected for the tour of South Africa, and now all of a sudden he's getting all this attention back to him.
well he deserves the attention.he is a class player,our best player,and a team man.he should have been in the team for south africa as our results would prove.
but i cant understand him bolwoing!hes never bowled before has he?
well its an intersting move, coz left arm orthodox sipnners are hard to get away in one dayers. exmple daniel vettori, ian blackwell, ashley giles etc etc... and by wanting saeed to bowl i think the team managment has decided to drop Afridi and keeping a sixth bowler option open in Younis khan and Saeed. and thus including Saqlain.
P.S Sherlock didnt post the whole story or the link. It also contained that Rashid Latif might come in to bat as an opener or at nuymber 3 if no one else decides too....
Saeed Bhai and Bowling? 
Dude, we are comedy of errors. 
Saeed Anwar bowling…
Aur koi bowler nahi reh gaya Pakistan ke pass!
u guyz wanna say saeed kan't bowl
TESTS
(including 29/08/2001)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 55 91 2 4052 188* 45.52 55.77 11 25 18 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 8 3 23 0 - - 0 0 - 2.87
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 21/09/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 242 239 18 8605 194 38.93 80.91 19 43 42 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
**Bowling 36.2 3 176 5 35.20 2-9 0 0 43.6 4.84**
FIRST-CLASS
(1986/87 - 2002/03; last updated 14/02/2003)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 146 232 7 10169 221 45.19 30 51 65 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 108.5 412 9 45.77 3-83 0 0 72.5 3.78
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1985/86 - 2002/03; last updated 14/02/2003)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 322 315 22 11087 194 37.83 25 55 64 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
**Bowling 139 630 30 21.00 4-39 1 0 27.8 4.53**
Actually Saeed Anwar Bhai started his career as a slow left arm spinner and a middle order bat. Once he started opening, he didnt bowl that much. He is pretty accurate with his off spinners and he turns the ball more than Aamir Sohail.
But he hasnt bowled for ages so I dont think its sensible to ask him to bowl especially since we need him to bat more than we need his bowling.
I asked him once about his bowling and he was pretty modest when he said "the less I bowl the better'! :)
Good luck to him!
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*Originally posted by ManiaX: *
Actually Saeed Anwar Bhai started his career as a slow left arm spinner and a middle order bat. Once he started opening, he didnt bowl that much. He is pretty accurate with his off spinners and he turns the ball more than Aamir Sohail.
But he hasnt bowled for ages so I dont think its sensible to ask him to bowl especially since we need him to bat more than we need his bowling.
I asked him once about his bowling and he was pretty modest when he said "the less I bowl the better'! :)
Good luck to him!
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Yeah I agree. His batting is what is most important right now. Our bowling is alrite and all we need to do is fix our opening problem. If Saeed can bring back his old form, I think we have a very good chance of winning the World Cup.
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*Originally posted by ManiaX: *
Actually Saeed Anwar Bhai started his career as a slow left arm spinner and a middle order bat. Once he started opening, he didnt bowl that much. He is pretty accurate with his off spinners and he turns the ball more than Aamir Sohail.
But he hasnt bowled for ages so I dont think its sensible to ask him to bowl especially since we need him to bat more than we need his bowling.
I asked him once about his bowling and he was pretty modest when he said "the less I bowl the better'! :)
Good luck to him!
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*Originally posted by ManiaX: *
Actually Saeed Anwar Bhai started his career as a slow left arm spinner and a middle order bat. Once he started opening, he didnt bowl that much. He is pretty accurate with his off spinners and he turns the ball more than Aamir Sohail.
But he hasnt bowled for ages so I dont think its sensible to ask him to bowl especially since we need him to bat more than we need his bowling.
I asked him once about his bowling and he was pretty modest when he said "the less I bowl the better'! :)
Good luck to him!
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where have u been bro?!?!?
If u use MSN, here is my id: [email protected]
It will be awesome to catch up.
KH
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*Originally posted by Peoples Champ: *
Say what!?
But what interests me, is the fact that Saeed wasn't selected for the tour of South Africa, and now all of a sudden he's getting all this attention back to him.
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That was basically the cock-eyed selection process of the PCB, not Saeed's fault. It would have been great practice for Anwar to play in SA and we have our board to blame if he doesn't perform. If he hadn't done well in that series we could have brought in Imran Nazir who might have his faults, but he's capable of taking apart the best attacks in the world - unlike Afridi who can only hit the medium pacers.
**Pakistan keen to be back on winning ways
Having been beaten by Australia in the opening game, and to add insult to injury, being considered ‘a topsy turvy team, which is quite beatable on its off-day’ by Namibian coach Douglas Brown, Pakistan enter the De Beers Oval Sunday to put some points on the table and improve their net run rate.
In a press conference here, skipper Waqar Younis acknowledged that motivating the boys against the minnows was important. “This is a World Cup game; so there is no question of any complacency”.
To another question, he said that he would not ask his fast bowlers to relent simply because of the inexperience of the Namibians.
Reacting to the opinion of the Namibian coach, his Pakistani counterpart Richard Pybus said that an effort was being made to make the side clinically efficient, so that better results are obtained all the time.
Another thing providing impetus to Pakistan is Zimbabwe getting four points due to the England forfeit, and consequently sitting pretty at the top of the pool, along with Australia (which has completed a clean sweep against the sub-continental sides in the pool). The relentless Aussie march and Zimbabwe’s good fortune has put the cat amongst the pigeons as far as qualification for Super Sixes is concerned. The trio of Pakistan, India and England are now going to fight for either one place or two out of the three Super Sixes slots from this pool. If Zimbabwe rustles up a win or two against either Pakistan or India, along with Australia it too would be certain of a slot in the Super Sixes – something it managed in the last version of the event.
So it was imperative for Pakistan to win all its remaining matches, and the message was loud and clear for Waqar and his charges. And Waqar said that his squad was determined to do just that. “We don’t just want to win our remaining five pool games, but also the ones in the Super Sixes”, said he.
There would definitely be some changes in the team which played at the Wanderers against Australia. Wasim Akram though is not likely to be one of them, and he looks all set to get to another landmark in what is already a most illustrious career – replacing Javed Miandad and Steve Waugh (both with 33 matches) as the player with most World Cup games.
“Every game is an important game, because of not just various permutations coming into play because of some upsets but also because of the net run rate [a complicated affair the nuances of which are too cumbersome to master by most]. Hence, we would be playing our best eleven”, said Waqar.
He wasn’t willing to divulge the combinations that the Pakistan think-tank was working on, but two people under active consideration for insertion into the eleven were Saeed Anwar and Saqlain Mushtaq.
For their part, the Namibians were coming into the game with a positive attitude. “We know that beating Pakistan would be tough, but we would throw everything into it… We’ve made a plan and though we have great respect for the Pakistanis, we would not be fazed or scared off”, said coach Brown.
Fielding is Namibia’s strongest suit, and captain Deon Koetze believed his side would do better in this area than it did in their opening loss against Zimbabwe.
Definitely concerned about Pakistan’s pace, the Namibians have these past few days furiously worked at the nets by putting the bowling machine up to speed. But Koetze admitted that simulating the pace of Shoaib Akhtar or spin of Saqlain Mushtaq was difficult. “The important thing for us was not to neglect the preparation… Most of our players have grown up watching the six or seven world class Pakistani players. But tomorrow we would be playing the ball and not the bowler”.
Despite all this technical and mental preparation, it would still take some doing to beat Pakistan, which has to face stronger challenges in the next two weeks and the outcome of these would determine how they fare in this World Cup. But there is no belabouring the fact that they need to get back to their winning ways without wasting a minute.
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pakistan have to ruthless and play hard.if they do then this will be a cakewalk
Win we will insha'Allah, but we have to score big and dismiss them cheaply because the net run rate may well matter in the end.
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*Originally posted by Ahmed: *
Win we will insha'Allah, but we have to score big and dismiss them cheaply because the net run rate may well matter in the end.
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I think your right, and to boost up the run rate, I think Pakistan must play Afridi, he will cream the Nambian bowling attack.
I think this is the perfect time for pakistan to just line up their pinch hitters and just unleash them on the mediocre namibia bowlers....to boost our run rate to decent level we will have to score 300+ and then bowl them out quickly which i think is attainable.
Did Saeed Anwar recovered and playing in this game? :)
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*Originally posted by ~TaNhAyAaN~: *
Did Saeed Anwar recovered and playing in this game? :)
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yes he is fit and by all reports he will play tomorrow insha'allah.
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*Originally posted by ~TaNhAyAaN~: *
Did Saeed Anwar recovered and playing in this game? :)
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Not only he is gonna open but he might also bowl some few overs. After all he is our second best left arm bowler ;)